The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2017

PART 5 Funding

Funding

12.—(1) Subject to paragraph (5), the constituent councils must ensure that any reasonably incurred costs of the GMCA are met in relation to the functions conferred by this Order to the extent that the GMCA has not decided to meet these costs from other resources available to the GMCA.

(2) Subject to paragraph (4), the constituent councils must meet the costs of the expenditure reasonably incurred by the Mayor in, or in connection with, the exercise of the functions specified in articles 15(1) to the extent that the Mayor has not decided to meet these costs from other resources available to the GMCA.

(3) Subject to paragraphs (5) and (6), any amount payable by each of the constituent councils to ensure that the costs of the GMCA referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) are met is to be determined by apportioning such costs between the constituent councils in such proportions as they may agree or, in default of such agreement, in accordance with the proportion to the total resident population of the GMCA which resides in the area of each constituent council at the relevant date as estimated by the Statistics Board(1).

(4) In relation to the expenditure mentioned in paragraph (2)—

(a) to the extent to which such expenditure is met by amounts payable under arrangements made under paragraph (3)—

(i) the Mayor must agree with the GMCA the total expenditure mentioned in paragraph (2) in advance of incurring this expenditure; and

(ii) in the absence of the agreement specified in paragraph (i), no such expenditure may be incurred;

(b) any precept issued in relation to such expenditure under section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992(2) is to be disregarded from any calculation of the costs of the expenditure.

(5) The district council for the local government area of Wigan does not have to meet any costs of the GMCA in relation to functions conferred under Part 4 (waste disposal).

(6) The resident population for the district council for the local government area of Wigan is to be excluded from any calculation of the total resident population made under paragraph (3) in relation to functions conferred under Part 4 (waste disposal).

(7) For the purposes of paragraph (3) the relevant date in relation to a payment for a financial year is 30th June in the financial year which commenced two years prior to the financial year in which such payment is made.

(1)

Section 25 of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (c. 18) provides that the Statistics Board is responsible for the functions in section 19 of the Registration Service Act 1953 (c. 37).

(2)

Section 40 was amended by section 83 of the 1999 Act, section 79 of, and paragraphs 1, 7 and 17 of Schedule 7 to, the 2011 Act and section 5 of the 2016 Act.